Playing freely up and down the fingerboard and been able to visualise your available notes within any given key can be a real challenge – especially for bass players, as a lot of the time we’re playing the money notes in the lower…

Soloing over a static dominant chord such as C7 is one of those things I found incredibly tough when I was first getting into soloing on the bass. I understood that I could use a C Mixolydian scale. I also…

The modes can be soooooo confusing!… What are they actually used for? Which one should I learn first? How can I actually use them to create bass lines, grooves and solos? All of these questions are extremely common… so if…

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You may or may not know but two weeks ago I released a brand new course into the SBL Academy course library… and it’s HUGE! In fact, it’s probably the most detailed and in depth course focusing on scales, arpeggios and…

You may or may not know but I’ve just released a brand new course into the SBL Academy course library… and it’s HUGE! In fact, it’s probably the most detailed and in depth course focusing on scales, arpeggios and chord tones…

Have you been the culprit of overplaying? I know I have!… In this video one of my best bass playing buddies Zoltan Dekany discusses over playing, how to make a true impact with your bass playing and tells cool stories…

Ok, i’ll get straight to the point. The exercise I show you within this lesson completely changed the way I play the bass. It forced me to start thinking in way that is much more musical and dynamic – and…

Playing “out” is something that I obsessed about for around three years. I loved the sound of it but just couldn’t figure out how players were doing it when they were soloing. Guys such as Allan Holdsworth, Skuli Sverrisson, Gary…

If you’ve even felt that you’re “bluffing” a little when you’re trying to solo (I know I used too!), in this lesson I’m going to to give you three great exercises that will give you more confidence when soloing, give…

In this bass lesson I’m going to show you two awesome techniques that will literally bring your bass soloing alive! By using linear lines in conjunction with intervalic scale sequences your bass solos will start to become more dynamic and…

Pretty much ALL of my bass students suffer from, or have suffered from the same bad habit when trying to solo over chord changes. But, it just so happens that I have an ‘awesome sauce’ exercise to stop YOU doing…

Improvising over multiple chord changes can be a daunting task. It can be challenging to be creative when playing over only one chord, but when there is 2, 3 or even 4 chords it’s easy for your mind to get…

In this bass lesson you’re going to learn how to use intervalic shapes and patterns within your bass solos, and how important they can be. When you listen to a great bass player soloing it can seem effortless, almost like…